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It looks to have been a good year for <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/green-architecture/">green buildings</a> in the federal sector; according to a new report, the number of federal <a href="http://inhabitat.com/what-is-leed/">LEED-certified projects</a> has skyrocketed by 51% this year, from 544 completed in 2011 to 821 in just the first eight months of 2012. <a href="http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20121012/FACILITIES02/310120002/Number-federal-LEED-certified-projects-surges">In a statement</a>, the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/us-green-building-council/">US Green Building Council's</a> Director for Technical Policy, Lane Burt said that the growth showed that the federal sector had learned to better incorporate green building design as a standard part of the construction process.
One reason for the jump in LEED-certified projects is that federal government has simply <a href="http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20121012/FACILITIES02/310120002/Number-federal-LEED-certified-projects-surges">developed more know-how</a> when it comes to green building....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/federal-leed-certified-building-projects-increase-by-more-than-50-in-2012/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Langley Research Center

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It looks to have been a good year for <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/green-architecture/">green buildings</a> in the federal sector; according to a new report, the number of federal <a href="http://inhabitat.com/what-is-leed/">LEED-certified projects</a> has skyrocketed by 51% this year, from 544 completed in 2011 to 821 in just the first eight months of 2012. <a href="http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20121012/FACILITIES02/310120002/Number-federal-LEED-certified-projects-surges">In a statement</a>, the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/us-green-building-council/">US Green Building Council's</a> Director for Technical Policy, Lane Burt said that the growth showed that the federal sector had learned to better incorporate green building design as a standard part of the construction process.
One reason for the jump in LEED-certified projects is that federal government has simply <a href="http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20121012/FACILITIES02/310120002/Number-federal-LEED-certified-projects-surges">developed more know-how</a> when it comes to green building....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/federal-leed-certified-building-projects-increase-by-more-than-50-in-2012/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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USGBC

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It looks to have been a good year for <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/green-architecture/">green buildings</a> in the federal sector; according to a new report, the number of federal <a href="http://inhabitat.com/what-is-leed/">LEED-certified projects</a> has skyrocketed by 51% this year, from 544 completed in 2011 to 821 in just the first eight months of 2012. <a href="http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20121012/FACILITIES02/310120002/Number-federal-LEED-certified-projects-surges">In a statement</a>, the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/us-green-building-council/">US Green Building Council's</a> Director for Technical Policy, Lane Burt said that the growth showed that the federal sector had learned to better incorporate green building design as a standard part of the construction process.
One reason for the jump in LEED-certified projects is that federal government has simply <a href="http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20121012/FACILITIES02/310120002/Number-federal-LEED-certified-projects-surges">developed more know-how</a> when it comes to green building....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/federal-leed-certified-building-projects-increase-by-more-than-50-in-2012/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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San Francisco Federal Building, Federal LEED Projects

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It looks to have been a good year for green buildings in the federal sector; according to a new report, the number of federal LEED-certified projects has skyrocketed by 51% this year, from 544 completed in 2011 to 821 in just the first eight months of 2012. In a statement, the US Green Building Council's Director for Technical Policy, Lane Burt said that the growth showed that the federal sector had learned to better incorporate green building design as a standard part of the construction process.
One reason for the jump in LEED-certified projects is that federal government has simply developed more know-how when it comes to green building....